A leading Australian scientist, recognised internationally for his work in wetlands, says better management of the world’s wetlands will help alleviate the effects of climate change.

Despite optimistic expectations for significant action, the Rudd government announcement on Monday 15 December of its long-awaited climate change targets, including a five per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2020, has been met with scepticism and disappointment.

Australia, especially inland Australia, faces catastrophic shortages in information and communication technology professionals unless there are major changes in government policies and business models, says a leading CSU information technology academic.

They are often misunderstood….these creatures of the night… and myths abound. But bats are about to come under the spotlight at a major conference to be held in Albury straight after Easter.

A CSU academic says the federal Government's green paper on carbon emissions trading will force Australia to grapple with new concepts that will change the economy and the way we live.

Harnessing the benefits of globalisation is more important now than ever before, according to the editors of a new book that examines 'globalisation' from diverse perspectives.

On the third anniversary of the establishment in Bathurst of the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum which houses the renowned Somerville Collection, Professor John Hicks, Head of Bathurst Campus of Charles Sturt University (CSU), today announced that CSU will commit a further $200 000 over four years to support the Museum.

Students at Charles Sturt University will help test the latest energy saving technologies under a partnership project with NSW-based energy supplier, Country Energy to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Australian scientists, including CSU's Dr Philip Charlton, have played a key role in a major gravitational astronomy discovery.